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I had played two Aristocrats earlier in the turn that were still in play.  I played Specialist and used it to play Aristocrat.  I got nothing and nothing.  Is this an error or am I interpreting incorrectly?  I expected Specialist/Aristocrat play to result in +$3 because a third Aristocrat was in play, and then replaying the Aristocrat, resulting in +$3 again because an additional Aristocrat was not added to being in play.  Instead, neither play got me anything.

My understanding is that Curse counts as a supply pile for purposes of 3 piles being depleted ending the game.  However in this game (see attached), the game continued.  Might be due to the extra action card pile due to Young Witch.  Am I understanding the rules incorrectly or is this a mistake?